Realising Justice for Sex Workers
eBook - ePub

Realising Justice for Sex Workers

An Agenda for Change

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Realising Justice for Sex Workers

An Agenda for Change

About this book

In the past two decades, feminist politics on prostitution has become more polarised and ideological. On the one hand, those on the radical spectrum of feminist politics have fought long and hard to criminalise sex purchase with the intention of ultimately abolishing prostitution. Other feminists have lobbied the state to recognise and institutionalise sex workers' human rights.

The collection is both a critical intervention in and a re-orientation of the schism in contemporary feminist prostitution politics. Contributors will use this schism as a platform from which to challenge current debates, and 'think' an alternative sex worker-centred politics for social justice. By placing sex workers' lived experiences of prostitution at the centre of the conversation, the book rejects the hegemony of neo-abolitionism as the solution to the 'problem' of sex work.

The book brings international, trans-disciplinary scholars together to address a rights-based agenda for sex work law and policy and consequently for sex workers' lives. This collection offers an invaluable resource on the subject of how sex workers experience injustices and how we can mitigate this globally through a transformative vision of social justice.

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Yes, you can access Realising Justice for Sex Workers by Sharron A. FitzGerald,Kathryn McGarry, Sharron A. FitzGerald, Kathryn McGarry in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Political Economy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Racism, Xenophobia and Hegemonic Masculinity
  6. Chapter 2: The Impact of Criminalisation on Indoor Sex Workers in England and Wales and the Need for Legislative Change
  7. Chapter 3: Feminists, Step Back!
  8. Chapter 4: Selling Sex
  9. Chapter 5: Universities as Spaces of Sexual Diversity
  10. Chapter 6: Examining and Challenging the Everyday Power Relations Affecting Sex Workers’ Health
  11. Chapter 7: Decriminalisation and Social Justice
  12. Chapter 8: Turning Perspectives on Migrant Sex Workers Inside Out
  13. Chapter 9: Sex Worker Rights, Recognition and Resistance
  14. Chapter 10: Into the Light
  15. Chapter 11: Reconceptualising On-Street Sex Work as a Complex Affective Social Assemblage
  16. About the Contributors